Realizing the Factors of Strength in the Ummah

The questioner:
May Allah reward our Shaykh for this blessed guidance, and we ask Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, by His beautiful names and His exalted attributes, to grant him abundant reward and recompense. Our Shaykh, among the questions that came in: Have the factors of strength in the ummah (the Muslim community) been realized or not?

The Shaykh:
Yes, the factors of the ummah’s strength were realized and they did their work. Therefore, they opened up the east and the west, they toppled the great powers, and they took control of their kingdoms. They did not achieve this except through strength: scientific strength and practical strength.
This is a witness to this noble Qur'an, to this Sunnah, and to this religion, that it is the universal religion, suitable for every time and place. However, the issue lies with those who carry it. When you do not have a weapon, you need it, but if you place it on a shelf, or on a rack, or in a storehouse, it is of no benefit unless you carry it and use it in its proper places. So, if this religion is carried in the correct manner, it is the religion of humanity, and no one can stand against it. , so say: "The truth has come, and falsehood has perished; indeed, falsehood is bound to perish." Yes.

The questioner:
The question, O Shaykh, meant in this time, meaning.

The Shaykh:
The time, yes, in this time, and for whoever asked. In this time, if one falls behind what was the case before, he fails. But if he takes what his predecessors (the Salaf) took, he will succeed, by the permission of Allah. Yes.